OpenAI exec: GPUs hit 7-40 IQ points per watt vs human's 5, a milestone we 'zoomed past'
GregCook2011 · x · 2026-09-18
An article shared by Alex "Sandy" Pentland argues the cost of running the Singularity is now lower than that of the humans watching it. OpenAI's Boris Power puts GPUs at 7-40 IQ points per watt versus roughly 5 for a human — a milestone he says "we just zoomed past, without noticing." The piece frames compute's intelligence density as having already surpassed the human brain, implying an economic tipping point for AI.
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